An investigation on parents’ knowledge of dental trauma in primary school of chancheng district, Foshan City / 口腔疾病防治

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the knowledge of pupils’ parents for the emergency treatment of dental trauma in Chancheng of Foshan. @*Methods @#By the method of random sampling, a total of 320 parents from 5 primary schools of Chancheng District was selected for questionnaire survey on the treatment method of children’s dental trauma. Chi square test was used for statistical analysis@*Results@#40.6% of the parents didn’t know that the anterior teeth of a nine-year-old child was permanent. 66.2% of parents didn’t know suitable methods to deal with the avulsed tooth. 72.2% parents didn’t selected the corrected preservation medium for the avulsed tooth. 95.6% of parents believed they needed to learn more knowledge of emergency treatment for dental trauma. @*Conclusion @#The present study showed that the knowledge of parents in Chancheng of Foshan about the emergency treatment of dental trauma is inadequate and related education is necessary.